Shoulder strap supporter



June 21, 1938. w. E. 5mm 2,121,513

SHOULDER STRAP SUPPORTER Filed Nov. 8, 1957 Patented June 21, 1938 V.UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SHOULDER, STRAP SUPPORTER .Willa E. Smith,San Diego, Calif. Application November 8, 1937, Serial 'No. 173,493

10 Claims.

This invention relates toa shoulder strap supporter for holding andsupporting the shoulder strap or straps of lingerie and the like andavoiding the annoyance occasioned by such straps slipping out of placeand off the shoulders of the wearer. I

Oneof the objects of this invention is to provide a device of thischaracter wherein the means for'securin'g the device to the garment, iscomplete in itself, and thenecessityof utilizing other means, such assafety pins or the like, for fatening the device to the garment isobviated.

A further object is to provide a device of this character wherein nometal parts whatever contact with the body of the person using the same.

A further object is to provide a device of this character wherein afinger hold. or pull isformed 0n the device itself and the devicereadily unfastened so as to release the straps.

Heretofore the usual practice has been to permanently attach bystitching or the like, the device to" the garment or connect the same tothegarment by means of a safety pin or the like, both methods beingobjectionable in many respects. V v e p In the accompanying drawingwherein similar reference numerals are used to'indicate correspondingparts in each of the several views:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the device as applied in use;

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of the device as attached to thegarment, the garment being shown-in section;

Fig; 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the device as applied;

a Fig. 5 is a view in perspective of the device;

Fig. 6 is a plan view of one side of the device; andl 1 Fig. 7 is a planview of the opposite side.

The" elongated strip or tape H] has secured thereto one member I l of asnap fastener a short distance from the free end, the portion of thetape at this end projecting beyond the snap fastener member H forming apull or tab l2, to be used when the device is opened to permit of theremoval of the straps.

There is also secured to the tape a complemental member l3 of a snapfastener, a short distance from the member I I. When the two members IIand I3 are secured together there is formed a loop l4 through which thestrap passes and by which it is retained in position on the shoulder ofthe wearer.

The end of the tape or strip beyond member 13 is formed into a loop It:the free end of which is secured to the body of the tape by means of themember has at I6.

' Both snap members II and I3 are arranged on the same side of the stripor tape so that when they are secured together and in use no part of themap will be in contact with the body of the wearer.

Secured to the tape on each side of the loop I5 is a snap fastenerfabric engaging members I1 and I8. 1 These two members are on theopposite side of the tape from snap members II and I3 and are adapted toreceive between them the inturned portions '|9, of the fabric of thegarment 20, just below the shoulder seam 2|.

The connecting member 22 of the loop portion I5 may of course bedispensed with and the fabric engaging snap members H and i8 secured tothe two parts 23 and 24 of the tape and equally ood results attained.

The manner of using this device will be obvious from the foregoing. Thefabric engaging fastening means I! and I8 are snapped over or throughthe inturned portions of the garment just below the shoulder seam andthe end of the tape carrying the snap member II is passed under theshoulder strap and fastened in its cooperating snap member l3. When thedevice is to be removed from the garment all that is necessary is totake, hold of the tab I2 and by a slight pull separate the fasteningmeans which hold" the device to the garment. If the device isnot to beremoved from the garment but simply unfa'stened so that the straps maybe released then the snap members I! and I3 are separated.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I aimas new .and desireto secure by Letters Patentof the United States is:-

1. As an article of manufacture, a shoulder strap supporting devicecomprising an elongated strip having one member of a snap. fastenerattached thereto adjacent one end, the other end formed into a loop andsecured to the strip by a second snap fastener member, the snap fastenermembers cooperating with each other and forming a loop through which theshoulder strap passes, a snap fastener member on each side of the endloop, cooperating with each other and adapted to receive between them aportion of the garment for attaching the device to the garment.

2. As an article of manufacture, a shoulder strap supporting devicecomprising an elongated strip having one member of a snap fastenerattached thereto adjacent one end, the other end formed into a loop andsecured to the strip by a second snap fastener member, the snap fastenermembers cooperating with each other and forming a loopthrough which theshoulder strap passes, both snap fastener members being on the same sideof the strip, a snap fastener member on each side of the end loop, onthe opposite side of the strip, said last mentioned snap memberscooperating with each other to receive between them a portion of thegarment for attaching the device to the garment.

3. As an article of manufacture, a shoulder strap supporting devicecomprising an elongated strip having a snap fastener member adjacent oneend, the other end formed into an end loop and secured to the strip by asecond snap fastener member, the snap fastener members cooperating witheach other and forming a loop through which the shoulder strap passes,means on each side of said end loop cooperating to receive between thema portion of the garment for attaching the device to the garment.

4. As an article of manufacture a shoulder strap supporting devicecomprising an elongated strip having a snap fastener member adjacent oneend, said end projecting sufficiently beyond said member to form afinger hold, the other end formed into a loop and secured to the stripby a second snap fastener member, the snap fastener members cooperatingwith each other and forming a loop through which the shoulder strappasses, a snap fastener member on each side of the end loop, cooperatingwith each other and adapted to receive between them a portion of thegarment for attaching the device to the garment.

5. As an article of manufacture, a shoulder strap supporting devicecomprising an elongated strip having one member of a snap fastenersecured thereto adjacent one end, spaced apart portions at the oppositeend, a complemental member of a snap fastener secured to the tape at apoint spaced from the first mentioned end, said snap fastener memberswhen connected forming a loop through which the shoulder strap passes,complemental fabric engaging means secured to the strip adjacent thefree ends of the spaced apart portions, said last mentioned means whenconnected receiving between them a portion of the garment for attachingthe device to the garment.

6. As an article of manufacture, a shoulder strap supporting devicecomprising an elongated strip having a snap fastener member adjacent oneend, spaced apart portions at the opposite end, a complemental snapfastener member secured to the tape at a point spaced from the firstmentioned end, said snap fastener members when connected forming a loopthrough which the shoulder strap passes, a fabric engaging snap fastenermember adjacent the end of each of said spaced apart portions, said lastmentioned members adapted to receive a portion of the garment betweenthem for attaching the device to the garment.

'7. As an article of manufacture, a shoulder strap supporting devicecomprising an elongated strip having one member of a snap fasteneradjacent one end, spaced apart portions at the opposite end, acomplemental member of a snap fastener secured to the tape at a pointspaced from the first mentioned end, said snap fastener members whenconnected forming a loop through which the shoulder strap passes, afabric engaging member of a snap fastener adjacent the end of each ofsaid spaced apart portions on the opposite side of the tape whenconnected adapted to receive a portion of the garment between them forattaching the device to the garment.

8. As an article of manufacture a shoulder strap supporting devicecomprising an elongated strip, fastening means adjacent one end and acomplemental fastening means at a point spaced therefrom, said fasteningmeans when connected forming a loop in the strip through which theshoulder strap passes, complementary fabric engaging fastening meansadjacent the opposite end of said strip, spaced apart transversely ofthe strip, cooperating to receive between them a portion of the garmentfor removably attaching the device to the garment.

9. As an article of manufacture a shoulder strap supporting devicecomprising an elongated strip, one end thereof being wider than theother, members of a complemental fabric engaging fastening means securedto and spaced apart on the wider end, said members cooperating with eachother to receive between them a portion of the garment for removablyattaching the device to the garment, one member of a fastening meanssecured adjacent the opposite end of said strip and a complementalfastening means secured to said strip at a point spaced therefrom, saidfastening members when connected forming a loop through which theshoulder strap passes.

10. As an article of manufacture, a shoulder strap supporting devicecomprising an elongated strip, transversely spaced apart members of afabric engaging snap fastening means on said strip adjacent one endthereof adapted to receive between them a portion of the garment andthereby removably attach the device to the garment, a member of a snapfastener adjacent the opposite end, a complemental member of a snapfastener spaced from said end which when connected with the fastenermember at the end forms a loop through which the shoulder strap passes.

WILLA E. SMITH.

